I see no basis for placing covers over the sprinklers other than the intent already provided for flammables.
I would see a maintenance nightmare in making sure something like “thin” or “.003” is maintained. It is dust. Buy a good air compressor and have someone blow it off for a little extra pay on the weekend. Keep a log of it as well. R/ Matt Please rate our customer service<https://survey.medallia.com/?emailsignature&fc=3539&bg=Fire%20and%20Fabrication> Matthew J. Willis, CWBSP, CET Engineering Manager – Southwest Region FERGUSON FIRE DESIGN, LLC A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Ferguson Fire & Fabrication, LLC West Monroe, LA. 71292 C: 307-236-8249 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.FergusonFire.com<http://www.fergusonfire.com/> From: Michael de Gabriele <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2023 8:57 PM To: Discussion list on issues relating to automatic fire sprinklers <[email protected]> Subject: [Sprinklerforum] Re: Best fire protection solution for dirty environment Has anyone ever done this to a 10000m2 warehouse? On Sun, 17 Sep 2023 at 2:37 am, Jackie Ward <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: For paint spray areas, we bag our heads. It sounds like your environment would be similar. The following is from the 2019 edition of NFPA-13 for reference. [cid:[email protected]] Thank you, Jackie “JW” Ward 1-405-240-7076 From: Michael de Gabriele <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2023 6:05 PM To: Discussion list on issues relating to automatic fire sprinklers <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [Sprinklerforum] Best fire protection solution for dirty environment Good morning I trust that everyone is well I currently have a project in Geelong Australia where the product bulk stored within the buildings make for a extremely dusty environment when unloading. Sprinkler protection is proposed to protect the building and wanted to ask the question about “excessive loading of sprinklers” and what the best option would be to minimise this I am aware that NFPA 25 mentions this, our code in Australia does not mention this term but states that yearly the sprinklers must be visually checked and suggest that a more stringent maintenance routine be in place for these environments. The product bulk stored is phosphate rock typically and is used for the fertiliser manufacturing plant across the road. Any suggestions to the above query would be much appreciated. Kind regards Michael Paul de Gabriele Fire protections engineer _________________________________________________________ SprinklerForum mailing list: https://lists.firesprinkler.org/list/sprinklerforum.lists.firesprinkler.org<https://lists.firesprinkler.org/list/sprinklerforum.lists.firesprinkler.org> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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